Life and times of an amateur athlete and my adventures as a weekend warrior - including my successful completion of Ironman Canada Subaru 2009

Saturday, January 16, 2010

I love the WET/West coast

Sorry for not checking in for a while - no excuse really just busy getting back into it.

Today was absolutely gorgeous - one of the reasons I love living in Vancouver. I can ride pretty much all year but the last few weeks the rides have been WET. Today clear skys, sun and just gorgeous. I had an amazing ride and loved every moment of it.

This is a good thing as I registered for the Whistler Gran Fondo bike race in September. Race plans have changed a bit - I sat down with Coach Barb and based on that I changed somethings up. The first being registering for the Bike race. It will be the inaugural year - the race goes from Downtown Vancouver to Whistler along the Sea-to-sky highway. The organizers have said they will be closing one lane - which if they actually do will be amazing. I am super excited to do this race - beautiful course - challenging and only 120kms.....

Next up I threw my hat in to the NY Marathon Lotto - cross your fingers - I have heard this is an amazing race and the crowds are absolutely incredible.

Team BEAT JOE has officially registered for Osoyoos Half Iron in July - I will be doing the bike portion and it looks like I will be again racing Joe at the Oliver Halr Iron - third time is a charm?

Stormy - I have not forgotten about it but have decide a more pragmatic approach might be better. I am not a strong trail runner and this is a tough course so after talking with Coach I have decided that this year will be a build year - I am going to do the 5 Peaks Trail series and put a relay 4 person relay team in for Stormy with the 2011 being the year I run it solo.

Oh and Coach Barb says I am doing the Cypress Hill Climb - she mentioned she was not pleased with my results last year - apparently my heart rate did not even go up....(I thought it did) and thus I have to do it again to redeem myself.

Last but not least I am leading the BMO Vancouver Half clinic with Special K and it promises to be bigger and better - 101 currently registered - sure to go up with about 80% doing their first ever! Wow that is a lot of peeps to guide through training to race day but we are up for the challenge.

Yep 2010 is looking like it is going to be a great year! Promise I will check in more often.

About Me

I am an IRONMAN. I set this blog up to share a little about my journey to Ironman but mostly to introduce you to some truly fabulous women I run and train with and possibly inspire a few of you to get off the couch and do something. My friends and I come from all spectrum's of life and all age groups some of us are faster than others, some of us are beginners, some are in their 20's, some in their 50's, some only run 10km, some do Ultra's (50km and over) but the one thing we all have in common is that we like an adventure, a challenge, to push the envelope, and to have a whole lot of fun while we do it. Oh and we never, EVER unless it is physically impossible quit! It is not about the time or where we placed it is about finishing what we started, supporting each other and inspiring each other to be all we can be, looking at task and saying How Bad can it Be? and then learning that it was pretty bad but we survived and then finding the next event or adventure and doing it all over again. Hope you enjoy the read. Peace out